[Box Backup] backup status check

Maarten van Lieshout / Paradigit Hoofdkantoor boxbackup@fluffy.co.uk
Thu, 21 Jul 2005 10:55:33 +0200


So there is no way to check if the backup has finished other than =
looking in the log-files?=20

Can boxbackup sent an e-mail with the backup-status (failures, files =
backupped, time needed to backup etc)?

--
Maarten

-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: boxbackup-admin@fluffy.co.uk
[mailto:boxbackup-admin@fluffy.co.uk]Namens Ben Summers
Verzonden: donderdag 21 juli 2005 10:32
Aan: boxbackup@fluffy.co.uk
Onderwerp: Re: [Box Backup] backup status check



On 21 Jul 2005, at 09:23, Maarten van Lieshout wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We want to use boxbackup to backup our linux-servers. The point is, =20
> that should happen only during the non-working hours (midnight). =20
> How can I control this? It seems there is no way I can tell if the =20
> backup-process has finished, so a simple cronjob to start and stop =20
> the backup-process would not be the right solution.

Configure the client in snapshot mode, then use bbackupctl in a =20
cronjob to start the sync at midnight.

   http://www.fluffy.co.uk/boxbackup/client.html
   http://www.fluffy.co.uk/boxbackup/bbackupctl.html

Ben




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